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And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children
of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all
the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
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And they told him, and said, We came
unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this
is
the
fruit of it.
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Nevertheless the people
be
strong that dwell in the land, and the cities
are
walled,
and
very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
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The Amalekites dwell in the land
of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
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And Caleb stilled the people before
Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
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But
the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger
than we.
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And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children
of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the
inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it
are
men of a great stature.
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And there we
saw the giants, the sons of Anak,
which come
of the giants: and we were in our own sight as
grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
CHAPTER 14
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2
And all
the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said
unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this
wilderness!
3
And wherefore hath the L
ORD
brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our
wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4
And they
said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5
Then Moses and Aaron
fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were
of them that searched
the land, rent their clothes:
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And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying,
The land, which we passed through to search it,
is
an exceeding good land.
8
If the L
ORD
delight in
us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9
Only rebel not ye against the L
ORD
, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they
are
bread for
us: their defence is departed from them, and the L
ORD
is
with us: fear them not.
10
But all the
congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the L
ORD
appeared in the tabernacle
of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
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And the L
ORD
said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it
be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
12
I will smite them
with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than
they.
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